With a resume that includes fronting the band Automatic Loveletter, a stint on The Voice and a solo career that’s featured a summer on Warped Tour, listeners have had plenty of opportunities to discover Juliet Simms’ raspy rock vocals. With the release of her new EP, From The Grave (due out July 15), listeners will have a chance to discover the person behind those vocals.

In anticipation of the new EP, I spoke with Simms about the personal nature of the release, as well as her attempts to avoid being pigeonholed and the time her quick thinking helped keep her—and her old bandmates—out of handcuffs.

B-Listers are a select group of artists that were featured in my Artist Of The Week series that ran every Monday from April of '06 to April of '11. All of these artists have two things in common; extreme talent, and a flight path far too under the radar for my liking. They took on the title of B-Listers as they embraced being featured by me, Adam B. Check out the AOTW Archives for all the interviews.